Israel’s Real Target is Not Hamas | Global Research
Israel’s excuse for its reluctance to take
negotiations seriously has always rested on two planks: a) Palestinian
‘terrorism’ and b) Palestinian ‘disunity’. Both of these, Israel claims,
means it has no ‘partner for peace’; no one to negotiate
with – either because they are terrorists, or because there is no
single entity representing the Palestinian population who they can talk
to. In 2006, following the election of Hamas, the US and EU effectively
supported this line, and joined forces with Israel in refusing to
recognise Hamas as the governing body of the Palestinian Authority.
Likewise, when a unity government was formed with Fatah the following
year (combining the two parties who together represented 86% of the
popular vote), it was not recognised as legitimate by Israel’s
international backers who instead supported a government led by Salam
Fayyad, whose party had gained just 2% in the previous year’s election.
